This absolutely extraordinary fan site is a wealth of information. But it also contains all of the latest details on MGM's (somewhat troubled) future film of The Hobbit. We're definitely keeping our eyes glued to this one.

This society is an international literary group that organizes conferences and prizes for writers in the tradition of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – in other words, fantasy writers. Some of the best scholarship we've read on Tolkien, such as Tolkien and the Great War and The History of the Hobbit, have received prizes from this society.

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This amazing collection of maps includes the map Tolkien himself drew, showing Thror's map with the side door indicated in moon-letters. But the site also contains a ton of other maps from the world of The Hobbit, often including what we know about the landscape of The Lord of the Rings.